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CVE-2026-18313

rpcapd memory leak in libpcap before 1.10.7

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 1.10.7
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

rpcapd can allocate up to 65536 bytes per each RPCAP_MSG_UPDATEFILTER_REQ or RPCAP_MSG_STARTCAP_REQ message received from the client, but it never frees the memory, so it leaks memory even under normal use. A malicious client can cause the server to leak memory substantially faster.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • The Tcpdump Group libpcap

    From 1.10.x · fixed in 1.10.7

References 1

GitHub · the-tcpdump-group/libpcap